From the story:
"Logan opened the sliding door of the van but was shot before getting inside"
Get real. Do you think he was planning to *ask* her for permission to get into her van?
He was armed with a deadly weapon that he had just used to commit multiple forcible felonies. Now he was about to commit additional forcible felonies against a mindless blissninny that had neither the strategic not tactical common sense to protect herself.
She was probably yakking in her cellphone when the perp tried to carjack and kidnap her.
From the rear of the building, Beck fired at least six shots at Logan, who ran toward South Florida Avenue. Beck followed Logan and fired more shots as Logan ran toward Denmark's van, which had reached the intersection of Lenox Street and South Florida Avenue.
Beck is partially responsible for Logan's apparent attempt to carjack Denmark's van, because he was forcing Logan to run for his life, even though Beck himself was no longer in danger. He is also responsible for shooting a gun at an innocent bystander (even though he wasn't trying to hit her)--again, even though he himself was no longer in danger. Bottom line: had Beck not been firing at Logan, the preponderance of the evidence is that Mrs. Denmark would not only not have been harmed, she probably wouldn't even have become involved at all. That makes Beck civilly liable for damages to Mrs. Denmark. This becomes brutally obvious, simply by replacing Logan (a human being) with a wild animal of some sort (such as a lion.) If you think you wouldn't be fully liable for chasing a lion into someone else's backyard, and then shooting the homeowner in your attempt to get the lion, think again.